barr barrett's comments were directed at harvard university professor henry gates. regret the direct insult to professor gates, and i personally reached out to him to apologize for this offense and to inform him of the department's immediate efforts to make this officer accountable. >> and the boston mayor also condemned barrett and told "the boston globe" that there's no place in the city's police department for him. >>> we have some breaking news in the legal battle over michael jackson's kids, seen here at his memorial. a jackson family attorney is expected to make an announcement any time now. but we've learned a tentative agreement has been reportedly reached between jackson's ex-wife, debbie rowe, and his mother, katherine. londell mcmilan says that rowe, the mother of the two oldest children, has agreed not to challenge katherine jackson for custody. now, a custody hearing is scheduled this monday in los angeles. >>> and michael jackson's father may be dropping hints about jackson's possible love child. i know you've heard this rumor, but you have to hear joe

sergeant james crowley recently arrested henry gates, jr. during a misunderstanding at mr. hoping they can talk things out. president obama will have bud lite, the professor -- >>> they could lose a quarter of their federal highway money. it is still legal in 36 states. a study out this week showed that texting greatly ups your odds of a crash. reps for the cell phone industry support the bill. >>> people in the northwest are really baking through some record temperatures. seattle hit an all-time high of 103 degrees yesterday. 103! portland, oregon was just one degree short of breaking a record there. people are just trying to make it through it. >> i'm used to hot, but hot weather in seattle? come on. we're used to clouds, not sun! >> during the heat wave, we have opened -- extended hours until 8:00 in the evening as a place for people to find respite from the blistering heat. >> we can start there, but how about we start where there is a storm at the moment. i can't imagine how much rain they've got. >> it's been a ton. it's been over 2 inches of rain over downtown dallas

henry gates red stripe. blue moon for james crowley. >> the private meeting is two weeks after gates was arrested outside of his cambridge home by sergeant crowley. gates accuse the crowley of racial profiling. it intensified after the president put it this way. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. >> now mr. obama says it was a bad choice of words. >> i could have calibrated the words differently. >> the 911 caller who made the initial report is also trying to clear the record. >> people called me racist and said i caused all of the turmoil that followed. some even said threatening things that made me fear for my safety. >> that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think of the president's decision to host a meeting between professor henry lewis gates and james crowley at the white house? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> a federal grand jury has indicted the white supremist accused of killing a security officer. james van brun faces first degree murder. the 89-y

. >>> harvard professor henry gates says he is ready to move on from the racial controversy the arrest sparked but that may be difficult with the possibility that tapes may be released. we will talk to a report fresh boston who has been follow -- a reporter from boston who has been following the story. stay right here, i'm jennifer griffin. %%%%%%%%%%%%

words when he said that cambridge police had acted, quote, stupidly, when they arrested professor henry gates. we'll take a look at all sides. get you updated coming up. >>> alps, kate, a dramatic picture of a tornado in volusia county, florida. it ripped through three separate neighborhoods damaging more than 100 homes and we will have the latest. >>> also this morning, tips on how to navigate the social scene during tough economic times. you know, maybe you're invited to a wedding and you can't really afford to get a fancy

anyone is happy with. >> police responded to the now infamous arrest of african american scholar henry gates at his home last week. authorities responded to a report on that day of a break- in. according to authorities, gates became and rates. he did provide his id but was arrested for disorderly conduct. those charges were eventually dropped. some have accused the arresting officer of racial profiling, a charge that the department strongly denies. the sergeant teaches a class on racial sensitivity. >> i believe he acted in a way that is consistent with his training. i do not believe his actions in any way were racially motivated. >> the president's response to the arrest -- >> the police acted stupidly and arresting somebody when there was already proved that they were in their own home. >> the department's response to being criticized -- >> we take our professional career seriously. >> mr. gates has demanded an apology, something the arresting officers said it will not happen. the commissioner has said that an independent panel will now be formed to view this incident. >>> the national rif

two weeks ago, james prelate arrested henry louis gates for disorderly conduct. in nearby woman called police. last week, president obama said the cambridge police acted stupidly. president then suggested the men talk over beers. >> to the extent that my words contributed to more media frenzy, i think it was unfortunate. >> the meeting will take place at a picnic table behind the white use. henry gates says he wants an apology. >>> even the type of beer the president is planning to drink is causing some controversy. >> we will see what one lawmaker is asking the president to think and drink domestic. >> adam caskey live in vienna. barry muggy outside -- very muggy outside. >> lisa baden will be back with another look at your morning commute. it is now 6:08, up 70 lowe's has just been named 2009 energy star retail partner of the year. with an energy star washing machine, you'll have roughly enough for 16 rounds of golf, 94 movie tickets or 3,382 text messages. cool. (announcer) come to lowe's first for energy star appliances. >>> in just about 12 hours, the white

president obama will bring harvard professor henry louis gates jr. and sergeant crowley to the white house for happy hour. will a few beers be enough to bring an end to the controversy around this case? ed henry straight ahead. >> deal or no deal on the hill. the senate says no go before the summer break. house blue dogs may have struck a deal. will it fly with the liberal colleagues. >>> we begin with new developments into the investigation of michael jackson's death. we're given the clearest indication that the personal physician dr. conrad murray is the sole target of the criminal investigation. we're learning that dr. murray was drowning in debt and we're getting the first account of the frantic moments inside the jackson house on the day he died. randi kaye is following it all for us this morning. >> reporter: john, carol, a federal law enforcement official telling us now that, quote, dr. murray is the only one that they're looking at. with three search warrants served on dr. conrad murray's property, he's the central focus. his lawyer told us th

said at his news conference at the cambridge massachusetts police acted stupidly in arresting henry louis gates, he guaranteed that the story, both the arrest and his comment would become larger than life and it has. in fact, it has trumped everything, including health care, which is what mr. obama wanted to make news about this week, so this afternoon the president made a rare appearance in the white house briefing room, and though he never said the words "i'm sorry" that was clearly the message. >> in my choice of words, i think i had, unfortunately, gave an impression that i was maligning the came bridge police officer and i could have calibrated the words differently. >> he still believes sergeant crowley overreacted and he believes saturday gates overreacted as well. he had a beer at the white house with the sergeant and the professor. we'll have much more on the president's laters comments in a minute. >>> for his part, sergeant crowley doesn't want people to see him as a monster or a bigot. gates gave him no chance but to arrest him, says the sergeant. gates says the incident was a bat o

lelanders wrote about president obama's reaction to the arrest of henry gates. re's what she said. oh, dumb a, the situation got out of hand because gates is a racist, not because the officer was doing his job. a source says landor resigned after being told jump or be pushed. in chicago, a woman is being sued over a twitter post. she sent a tweet saying her landlord rented her a moeltdy apartment. horizon realty asked 50,000 damages for defamation. then wisconsin, a teenager is facing criminal charges after bragging he was a suspect who got away during a high speed chase. someone who read the post called police. so, we, after you hear all of that, want to know what you think regarding texting and how much maybe you should disclose. should you, do you think, be held legally responsible for what you write on a social networking site or in an e-mail? call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln. you can e-mail us too, cnn.com/hln, and we're going to be airing your responses throughout the day. thank you so much. >>> well what might tanning beds have in common with arsenic an

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we're waiting to see if he makes any comments on the arrest of henry louis gates. the president said the officers actions were stupid mostly because gibbs said he regretted it because it distracted the media. >>> now, meantime, take a look at this video on "the new york times" website right now. times reporters visited one of new york city's public housing projects where volunteers were spreading the word about recycling. the women go from building to build, delivering their message about the environment. residents come out to hear them, some willingly, some unwillingly. >> you don't have to recycle. there are people that do want to recycle. >> it's not that at all. sure, we would love to have it, but they're not going to do it. >> let's go. >> does not discourage us all. that is the only time, the only time we had encountered anything like that. what keeps me motivated? the fact that people are listening and trying. >> the volunteers continue their work in hopes their efforts will be replicated through the the city's public housing system and with more than 2 mill

president. >> recently henry lewis gates jr. was arrested at his home in cambridge. what does that say to you and race relations in america? >> i think it's fair to say -- >> that's it's a complicated issue! i know all the facts! i wasn't there! >> the cambridge police acted stupidly -- [ bleep ]. >> i couldn't save ham! i couldn't save him! >> we love him, don't we. this afternoon president obama says rejects the idea. he should not have gotten involved. he said the fact that it got so much attention shows race issues are still a big problem in america. >>> new details on what detectives seize from the office of michael jackson's doctor who is the target of a manslaughter investigation. court documents show they took 27 tablets of the prescription drug strength appetite suppressant, one tablet of an antianxiety pill and rolex cards as well. they took documents and hard drives from a computer. murray was with jackson when he died last month. murray's attorney says the doctor should not be a target of criminal charges. michael jackson's mother and three children zil d

we are hearing more from everyonenvolved in the race case of harvard's henry louis gates. the president, a police sergeant, and gates himself, all with plenty to say. >>> education grants. billions of dollars worth. a new program being unveiled today. we'll hear exclusively from the man behind it. >>> and baseball's play of the year. so far, it saved the day and year. so far, it saved the day and help make some history. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morning. and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. jeremy is off this morning. we begin with morning with the war of words that's erupted following last week's e arrest of harvard professor henry louis gates. it gained new ight when president obama spoke about it on wednesday night. and it shows no signs of stopping. >> reporter: after the president's surprisingly frank comments the other night, this issue has quickly overtaken his efforts to reform health care, much to his chagrin. it's perhaps the most memorable quote from the president's news conference earlier this week. health care reform.s push for >> the c

you know, at the center of the henry gates' arrest is the question of profiling. did it play a role? and police say they work hard to root out that behavior. for many african-americans racial profiling is a constand here. abc justice department pierre thomas has this report. >> reporter: even in 2009, some blacks have sobering advice for their children about dealing with police. >> be polite in front of the police. your life may depend on it. >> reporter: paul butler, a harvard-educated former educator being arrested in front of his home after a dispute with his neighbor over a parking space. locked up, no questions asked. >> police came out, they saw a black man. as soon as they saw me, they wanted to arrest. they didn't want to listen to what i had to say. >> reporter: though there's been progress in race relations, the encounters between black and police remain complicated. >> the first thing that goes through a black person's minds is they expect they were racially profiled. that's just the reality of the situation. >> reporter: why? history, painful memories

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we'll check on that. >>> a police officer who sent an e-mail referring to harvard professor henry gatesh a racist slur says he is not a racist. officer justin barrett was commenting on gates' arrest earlier in the month. barrett says he regrets the e-mail and didn't mean any racial bigotry. >> i am not a racist. i didn't mean any harm in any words. i truly apologize to all involved, larry. >> well, barrett is currently on administrative leave from the boston police department. he is also suspended from his duties in the army national guard. >>> police are now saying that former boxing champion arturo gatti was not murdered but they still saying with a purse strap? that was just the strangest thing to me. >> you know what, they're not saying much, and that's why a lot of people aren't satisfied with this because they're just giving these one-word answers. originally the police said former champ arturo gautty was strangled by his wife with that purse strap we're showing you now when he was drunk. after a coroner's report, which apparently did not rule out suicide, the investigator told th

good morning to you. >> morning, jenna. >> professor henry gates says he's ready to sit down and have a beer with the president and sergeant crowley and talk about racial profiling. has the president turned a difficult situation into a perhaps political win for himself? >> we'll find out. there was some criticism of the president. he felt the need to soften his tone and actually, if not apologize, say he would have said it differently when he was first critical of the cambridge police department. look, this is america's first african-american president who has a unique voice on these matters, who is able to elevate any issue, really, with the bully pulpit of the presidency and chose to speak out on this in a more personal way, both initially and then when he came back out and said it's important for me to talk about it, because it still divides a lot of americans. we do meet at the white house, will this be something that the president wants to publicize further or do it quietly? either way, a lot of people view it as positive that the two are willing to get together and talk about it

we call him bobby. >>> up next, president obama and the arrest of henry louis gates. it isn't henry kissinger who got arrest arrested. we'll see. will his comments today quiet his critics. the president who first blamed the stupidity of the police. "the politics fix" is coming in next. >>> sarah palin gives up the governorship of alaska this sunday and her newest poll numbers don't look so good, at least not nationally. was stepping down the best political move for her? we'll talk about palin when we get back. "hardball" returns after this. we all have confidence and we all have doubt. but when the moment comes... what's going to win? here's to confidence. gillette helps you look, feel, be your best. gillette. the best a man can get. >>> we're back. time for "the politics fix" with michelle bernard, the president of the independent women's voice and an msnbc political analyst and a syndicated radio host and my friend michael smerconish is an msnbc contributor. i want to start with michael. your views about this. i have been trying to find a parallel for us white people

the arrest of harvard professor henry lewis gates jr. at his cambridge home reignited a debate about racial profiling by police. new insight from a new source. the actual 911 tape of the phone call that set the whole story in motion. police released the tape today. tom foreman has details. >> they kicked the door in? >> they were pushing the door in. >> reporter: for the first time we can hear the conversation that started it all. a midday call to police from a boston-area residence, lucia wailen, describing two men with suitcases pushing on the door of a house. >> i don't know if they live there and had a hard time with their key. i did notice they kind of used their shoulder to try to barge in and they got in. i don't know if they had a key for not. i couldn't see from my angle. when i looked a little closely, that's when i saw -- >> white, black or hispanic? >> um -- >> are they still in the house? >> they are still in the house, i believe. yeah. >> are they white, black or hispanic? >> there were two larger men, one looks kind of his

as henry louis gates. ao. >> the police are not forming a panel to conduct an internal investigation in to what happen, but rather to take a look at what lessons can be learned from it. meanwhile, as we mentioned at the top, a senior administration official is telling cnn that meeting that president obama suggested with him, sergeant crowley, and professor gates to talk about the incident over beers in the white house is now expected to happen on thursday at 6:00 p.m. kiran? >> there you go, penciling in the beers. thank you so much. it was funny because anytime you're asked this in the political world, who would you rather have a drink with -- hillary clinton or barack obama. they always say, what would you drink as well. it was a hot topic in yesterday's white house briefing. let's listen. >> officer crowley's breaking blue moon. we hear gates is breaking red stripe or becks. what's the president drinking? >> the president had a budweiser at the all-star game. so why are you looking at me like that? that

today on the quiet street where professor henry gates lives, his neighbors were amazed and troubled byow his porch had become the stage for such an emotional, national argument. >> who wants all of this? you know, we don't have trouble. we really don't. i know i don't, with anybody. and now they're kind of putting whites against blacks. and i think it's wrong. >> reporter: in the days following the incident, gates had threatened to sue. however now a change in tone. a statement on a website he oversees anticipates a much different encounter with sergeant crowley and president obama. i am pleased that he, o, was eager to use my experience as a teaching moment, and if meeting sergeant crowley for a beer was a precedent to further that end, then i will be happy to oblige. crowley spoke to the president yesterday at a pub, surrounded by officers. a statement from his commissioner said city officials now or on the miss stick that we are moving forward towards our resolution. white gates and crowley turn toned down their angry feud, the ugly incident remains unresolved. >> there is no eviden

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henry louis gates is a harvard professor. he is a friend of president obama.was about the professor was right and the cop was wrong. >> there is a large class distinction here. that's like it is not about racial profiling. this is about someone -- remember, the governor of massachusetts is black. the president is black. henry louis gates is black and he is a harvard professor and he is making calls to someone asking who is the police chief? these are people with a certain level of status in the society, so there is no question. >> that's why it is so toxic politically, and that's why he had to recant essentially, even though he didn't do it fully. he is the one who, not knowing the facts, assumed that gates had told the right story and the cop hadn't, and secondly, accepted the gates' narrative, that's the word that the left loves, the narrative that it was all about race, when obviously it was not about race. bret: over the past 48 hours, juan, we heard a lot about sergeant crowley, how he gave these racial sensitivity classes at the academy, how he resuscita

this incident was the arrest of a harvard professor, african-american professor henry gates.is how he describes the arrest and what he thought the officer was thinking. "now it's clear he had a narrative in his head, a black man was inside someone's house, probably a white person's house, and this black man had broken and entered, and this black man was me." now, here is the police report. i want to just read it as-is from sergeant crowley. i asked if he would step out and speak with me and he replied no i will not. he then demanded to know who i was. i told him i was sergeant crowley from the cambridge police and i was investigating a report of a break-in in progress at the residence. when i was making this statement, he said why, because i'm a black man in america? i asked gates if there was anyone else in the residence? while yelling me and telling me it was none of my business and accused me of being a racist police officer. soon after that, the arrest was made for disorderly conduct, charges that have since been dropped. let's bring in our panel, steve hayes with "the we

obama, blue moon for sergeant james crowley and red stripe for henry louis gates.e heard for the first time from the woman whose 911 phone call led to gates' arrest. >> here's yunji de nies. >> reporter: hers was the phone call that started it all. >> i don't know what's happening. i just had an older woman standing here. she had noticed two gentlemen trying to get in a house. >> reporter: that 911 call brought cambridge police to the home of professor henry louis gates. his arrest and theresident's subsequent criticism has turned her life upside down. >> i was called racist and i was a target of scorn and ridicule cause of the things i never said. >> reporter: sergeant jim crowley's police report states that whalen identified the two men as black but her 911 call shows otherwise. >> were they black or hispanic? >> there were two larger men. one looked kind of hispanic and i'm not sure. the other entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. >> now that the tapes are out, i hope people can see that i tried to be careful and honest with my words. >> reporter:

. >>> harvard professor henry louis gates and the police officer will meet with the president at the white house. meanwhile the 911 incident raised more questions. >> reporter: the arrest that triggered a national debate about race began with a 911 call that made little mention of it. >> i don't know what's happening. i'm just having a lady standing here and she noticed two gentlemen trying to gain entrance into a house. >> reporter: the call brought sergeant james crawly to the home of henry gates jr. >> i know they kind of used their shoulder to try to barge in. >> reporter: only when prompted by the dispatcher did the caller consider race. >> white, black, or hispanic. >> two large men. one looked kind of hispanic, but i'm not sure. >> reporter: police also released sergeant crowley's dispatch communications once he arrived at the house. crowley supporters say gates' arrest had nothing to do with race while gates' supporters have called it racial profiling. they will take closer look at the incident and take recommendations for how police can handle situations in the future. >> i

henry gates said he accepted obama's invitation to come to the white house. gates was arrested outside his home after a 911 call about a possible break-in. he says he proved his identity to officers and the lead-up to his arrest in his home own was racial profiling. sergeant crowley said did he no wrong and was surprised at obama's reaction. obama said he did give the impression he was maligning the police department, but did not apologize. disorderly conduct charges against gates have been dropped. >>> alaska governor sarah palin has one more day in office. she is holding a series of picnics before she leaves. the first was yesterday in wasilla. there is one today in anchorage and another tomorrow in fairbanks. deputy political director paul ste steinhouser looks at what could be ahead for her. >> sarah palin steps down monday. yesterday in wasilla she held her annual picnic. thousands were there. there were chants of "sarah palin we love you" and "palin 2012." >> from the bottom of my heart, and especially this being my last time to speak to the valley commu

that would be professor henry louis gates.ited president gates to join him and sergeant crowley at the white house for a beer. the president of the united states, the professor, and the police officer all getting together, presumably, in the next few days for a beer. we're going to have a lot more on this breaking story, including the president's remarks at length and unfiltered. plus, the best political team on television standing by to consider whether the president wants to talk about race or not, and then what we call our chalk talk segment. when should police officers make an arrest and when should they simply walk away? all that still to come. now to another breaking story this hour. an astounding power play right on the border of honduras. check out this live picture. that's the ousted president of honduras. he is sitting in that car. we're talking about jose man well zelaya. he could be arrested at any minute. here's why. he walked across the border today and returned to his homeland. it was a brazen act of defiance ag

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it began with henry lieu questions gates demanding an apology, saying officer crowley should beg for forgiveness, almost unbelievably it got worse. >> you ought to be able to raise your voice in your own house without arrest. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. >> immediately the conversation shifted away from race relations and tort nonsense. by the end of the week, it was who was offended by whom. more demands from police unions for someone to say sorry. >> i think the president should make an apology to all law enforcement personnel throughout the entire country p who took offense to this. >> the president took the blame for making things worse. >> the fact that it has garnered so much attention, i think is a testimony to the fact that these are issues that are still very sensitive here in america. >> reporter: but now he's right on. instead of worrying about whose feelings are hurt, how about an actual discussion about race. how does a white police officer interact with a black suspect if he's afraid someone is going to call him a racist for doing his job? what about a black

obama said last week about harvard professor henry louis gates jr.'s arrest two weeks ago at his home. he forced himself inside when a lock jammed. a woman called 911, concerned about a possible break-in. >> were they white, black or hispanic? >> well, they were two larger men. one looked kind of hispanic. but i'm not sure. >> reporter: sergeant james crowley arrived at gates' home and arrested him for disorderly conduct. the charges dropped. but tensions escalated over whether crowley treated gates differently because he was black. >> to the extent that my choice of words did not illuminate but rather contributed to more media frenzy, i think that was unfortunate. >> reporter: so, the three men will meet at this picnic table behind the white house, to talk about what happened. >> the president will drink bud light. professor gates likes red stripe. and i think sergeant crowley mentioned he likes blue moon. >> reporter: their drinks diverse. their dispute, still to be resolved. the president said he wanteds an apology from sergeant crowley. the sergea

he was referring to the arrest for disorderly conduct of harvard professor henry louis gates, jr.n he was trying to get into his home. >> from what i can tell the sergeant involved was an outstanding police officer but my suspicion is it's probably that it would have been better if cooler head himself -- cooler heads prevailed. >> reporter: professor gates seen here on cnn is demanding an apology from the white police officer. >> this man clearly was a rogue police officer. >> reporter: sergeant crowley said the professor and president were out of line. as far as saying i'm sorry -- >> there will be no apology. >> now and ever no apology? >> yeah. >> reporter: sergeant crowley is a career cop picked by a black police officer to teach a racial sensitivity class at the academy. his fellow officers and chief defended him. >> i do not believe his actions in any way were racially motivated. >> but the head of the national association of black law enforcement officers said both the president and scholar make an important point. >> the institution of policing is and always has been inher

. >>> just ahead on the morning news, new reaction to last week's arrest of henry louis gates jr. plus a quick thinking good samaritan steps in to save a young child. >>> when i pulled her out of the car, i dragged her into my car. she said, oh, that was really scary. and i was thinking, you have no idea. >> a fiery rescue on a los angeles area freeway caught on video. an suv rolled over and caught fire wednesday. three people inside managed to escape. but a 3-year-old girl was trapped inside. passing motorist john mcdonald stopped to help and plucked her from the car. later he downplayed his heroism. >> it's kind of embarrassing. the attention is nice, but it's obviously not why anybody does this. it could have been a lot worse, obviously, for both of us. >> mcdonald said he was pretty shaken up after the rescue. he and the girl were treated for minor injuries. >>> now to the still simmering racial debate over last week's arrest over harvard scholar henry louis gates jr. at his home in cambridge, massachusetts. the cambridge police department is supporting the sergeant who made t

i'm referring to the whole incident as henry louis gate. >> greg: no, henry louis gate gate. >> i likemine better. >> greg: henry lou wit louis g. >> you said tv brought us full house and other shows like full house including full house. >> greg: yes. >> in the business we call thiolase did i writing. >> greg: i'm saying there are many episodes of full house. >> every episode was a gem. >> greg: it was full house literally and metaphorically. >> greg: it reallys. >> you said it showed in 2009 there were 115 million tv homes and you said that makes the total number of boob tubes in the range of 5 trillion. 329 million. and in the business we call that stupid writing. >> greg: you missed my total boob tube reference. there aren't any more boob tubes because we don't have the ray tubes any more you big jerk. i put that in there to see if you would catch it. >> it is called the boob tube still. >> did you say nipples. >> and it was a glorious time, bill, a glorious time for everybody. >> and you should have seen them when they got cold. >> that it when you got good reception. >> i'm interr

. >>> back to work today for the arresting officer in the case of harvard professor louis henry gates. sergeant crowley had nothing to say when he clocked in today. we are now able to hear the 911 call that pushed the sergeant into the spotlight at the center of racism allegations. >> i don't know what's happening. i just had an older woman standing here and she had noticed two gentlemen trying to get in a house at that number, 17 and they kind of had to barge in and they broke the screen door and they finally got in. and when i had looked i went further closer to the house a little bit after the gentlemen were already in the house, i noticed two suitcases. so i'm not sure if these are two individuals whoive there. >> you think they might have been breaking in? >> i don't know, because i have no idea. i just noticed. >> you think the possibility might have been there? what do you mean by barged in? >> the caller is lucille whalen. the cambridge police commissioner says the police report mentions two black men, says that is what the officer wrote, not necessarily what the caller said.

any number of you with interesting insighs to the arrest of henry lewis gates in cambridge, massachusetts last week. we already know what president obama thinks of this, but they say testosterone and adrenaline can make a lousy combination. the officer arrived in mr. gates home with adrenaline pumping because he has been told there is a burglary in process. craig in woodbridge, virginia says -- as always we aappreciate your comments. after all no mcginty's mail bag without you. the address mailbag@wusa9.com. i will be back here tonight at 11:00 along with anita an we are working on reaction to vick's reinstatement and we will have more unusual jobs people are forced to take in ony ou log on anytime you like to wusa9.com. we're where we are always on. see you lair on. bye-bye. (announcer) it's time to raise the bar and replace your old mayo with the full flavor of kraft mayo with olive oil. with half the fat and calories of hellmann's real mayo, kraft mayo with olive oil is the new standard in mayo. it's delicious. delicious. i know. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth

week, james crowley responded to a report of the break-in in progress at home of harvard professor henry gates. crowley says gates was so uncooperative and insulting after he asked the scholar for identification that he arrested him. >> there were references to my mother. >> sergeant crowley has the backing of his boss, who dropped the charge against gates. >> i did not believe sergeant crazily -- crowley acted with that motivation. >> he weighed in big time and there was tough language, and he is getting pushed back today. >> today, the president reworked his rhetoric. >> my suspicion is that words were exchanged between a police officer and mr. gates, and everyone should have settled down. >> gates from can a different approach, calling him a rogue. >> a policeman could not withstand a black man standing up for his rights in his face, and that is what i did. >> ironically, the officer has taught a class on how to avoid racial profiling. meanwhile, a cambridge police are forming a panel to review the incident. >>> thank you, jake. keep us posted. benita jacks murder trial -- today, two expert

. >>> former secretary of state colin powell thinks cambridge police and harvard profess ter henry gates could have handle this had arrest a lot better. his response on "larry king live" is pretty popular on cnn.com right now. he said that the police escalated the situation beyond  reasonable level but the professor who powell calls skip should have been more patient. >> you're saying gates was wrong? >> i'm saying that skip perhaps in this instance might have waited awhile, come outside, talked to the officer, and that might have been the end of it. i think he should have reflected on whether or not this was the time to make that big a deal. >> now, powell also said he has been a victim of racial profiling including when he was national security advisor to president reagan. gates and sergeant james crowley as elaine told us there, crowley of course, is the officer who made that arrest will meet with president obama at the white house tomorrow. we'll be covering that for you. >>> we're getting word of a major agreement that would clear the way for a house vote on its version of the heal

colin powell is in that discussion accepting what the police report said henry louis gates said. henry louis gates says he did not say those things. there is now no proof that he said anything provocative and everyone is assuming that the crowley account is accurate. we have no right to do that. >> lawrence, i think colin powell is doing what the president and others have tried to do, finding a happy ending. we sure see the politicians trying to make this a happy ending because it's a difficult conversation. >>> still ahead, from the wide stance to the business world, we're going to tell you what former senator larry craig is up to these days. >>> but first, bulking up for a world class competition. that's it. look at that. you're watching msnbc. my doctor told me something i never knew. as we get older, our bodies become... less able to absorb calcium. he recommended citracal. it's a different kind of calcium. calcium citrate. with vitamin d... for unsurpassed absorption, to nourish your bones. we call the bunches in honey bunches of oats the prize in the box. well, now there's a

imagine if he was not henry louis gates, but henry kissi kissinger, and a black sergeant arrested henryissinger. i submit to you this would be an incredibly different position and as mr. watkins argued in his book what if george bush were a black man, what if henry gates was a white man, he would be treated differently. i think racial profiling is about the vicious stereotypes that stalk the collective imagination that feed and fuel outrageous behavior that ends up being unjust. at the end of the day, this has struck a nerve in so many black americans because we realize no much how much we achieve, no matter how much degrees, no matter how much money in the bank, we are reduced to just another negro on the street. if professor gates felt that, certainly we thank god he has become the rosa parks of racial profiling because no more unlikely person imaginable could have been selected to this treatment than henry louis gates and he becomes a face for the problem that has stalked the rest of black america. >> boyce, i want to put this to you. you said your father for three decades was in law

harvard professor henry gates jr. says he has accepted president obama's invitation to come to the white house. no word yet if the sergeant arrested him will attend. gates was arrested outside his home after a 911 call about a possible break-in. he says he proved his identity to officers and a dustup leading to his arrest in his own home was racial profiling. sergeant james crowley said he did nothing wrong and was surprised when president obama said the police acted stupidly. friday president obama said he did give the impression he was maligning the police department but he did not apologize. the president added that both gates and the officer probably over reacted. the disorderly conduct charges have been dropped. >>> alaska governor sarah palin has just one more day in office. she's holding a series of picnics before she leaves. the first was yesterday in wasilla. there's one today in anchorage and another tomorrow in fair banks. the deputy political director looks ahead at what could be ahead for her. >> natasha,

professor henry gates and police sergeant crowley agree to disagree. the two men sat down with the president and vice-president today for a round of beers. shannon beam reports. >> call it happy hour at the white house. the beers are cold, peanuts crunchy, the talk private. president obama and vice-president joe biden sat down for brew with harvard professor henry louis gates jr. and police officer james crowley that spoke to the media after the meeting. >> he is a regular person sitting around a table having a discussion about an issue. >> crowley arrested gates on july 16 after responding to a 911 call of a possible break-in. it turned out gates was trying to get into his own home. but police arrested the professor for disorderly conduct after a death up. and the charges dropped but gates insists it was racially motivated. >> professor gates and i have different perspectives and agree that both perspectives should be addressed. >> approximate president got involved after the word broke. he said the police acted stupidly and later said this could be a